Day One (Night Two)

[lea_hazel]

The day of traveling took something like twenty four hours, starting at about 5 AM Jerusalem time and ending at about 10 PM (or later; I was too tired to note well) New York time. It got progressively more aggravating and I managed to break just about everything. By noonish today I managed to fix pretty much most of it. I struggled with the public transit system for a while. Then I took a cab to the Met.

I saw the much spoken of Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibition, and thought it interesting. Predictably enough, it focussed on the most "iconic" characters, read: those who have had non-comics media adaptations, primarily films. It was thought-provoking, and I was tempted twice thrice in the gift shop area. I almost got Louise Simonson's cover girls book before I remembered that me and art books don't really mix; it'll just languish on the shelf. I also thought of purchasing the Golden Age Wonder Woman collection and the Kavalier and Clay novel. Then again, there are other books I'd rather read first, and I decided not to buy them just because they were there.

I also spent some time in the modern art area, wandered aimlessly a bit looking at whatever caught my attention, and took a long walk through Central Park. That last one may or may not have happened accidentally by the process of me deluding myself that I could cross the park on foot and not get lost. I neither confirm nor deny.

I had a musing about the House of M storyline, too, but I'll share that at another time, when it's more well-formed.